""The story is centered on a microcosm of a post-apocalyptic society where food is so rare it`s invaluable and is used as currency. The story centers on an apartment building with a delicatessen on the ground floor. The owner of the eatery also owns the apartment building and he is in need of a new maintenance man since the original ""mysteriously"" disappeared. A former clown applies for the job and the butcher`s intent is to have him work for a little while and then serve him to quirky tenants who pay the butcher in of course grain. The clown and butcher`s daughter fall in love and she tries to foil her father`s plans by contacting the ""troglodytes"" a grain eating sub-group of society who live entirely underground. The ""trogs"" are possibly the most sensible of the lot as they see food as food and not money.""